Ed Willett
1906–1915 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Terriers
280G
.199AVG
.237OBP
.291SLG
More career statistics
130H
5HR
63RBI
1SB
102–100W–L
1,773.1IP
600K
3.08ERA
203GS
5SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 652 | 655 |
| Batting · Doubles | 25 | 26 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 42 | 195 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 707 | 710 |
| Batting · RBI | 63 | 70 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 26 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,329 | 7,387 |
| Pitching · p cg | 142 | 140 |
| Pitching · p er | 607 | 616 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,719 | 1,702 |
| Pitching · p hr | 24 | 23 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,320 | 5,316 |
| Pitching · p k | 600 | 602 |
| Pitching · p r | 842 | 840 |
| Pitching · p w | 565 | 587 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | 707 | 652 | 56 | 130 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 26 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 190 | .199 | .237 | .291 | .528 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,773.3 | 274 | 203 | 142 | 102 | 100 | 5 | 1,719 | 842 | 607 | 24 | 565 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 3.08 | 1.288 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1913-08-09 to 1913-09-15
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1908-07-15 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1912-07-19 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1909-07-24 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 140 | 336 | 62 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 93 | .202 | .220 | .300 |
| Away | 140 | 374 | 68 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 102 | .195 | .217 | .284 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | .231 | .271 | .400 |
| May | 41 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 30 | .214 | .238 | .276 |
| June | 53 | 126 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 31 | .265 | .270 | .419 |
| July | 55 | 142 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 42 | .195 | .204 | .258 |
| August | 56 | 153 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 46 | .144 | .176 | .209 |
| September | 46 | 96 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 33 | .185 | .188 | .261 |
| October | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .062 | .167 | .188 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 125 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 41 | .186 | .192 | .271 |
| chicago-white-sox | 39 | 103 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 23 | .208 | .223 | .365 |
| new-york-yankees | 38 | 96 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 19 | .233 | .250 | .279 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 34 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 33 | .128 | .145 | .192 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 19 | .250 | .280 | .368 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | .194 | .228 | .319 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | .155 | .177 | .172 |
| buffalo-blues | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 |  Detroit Tigers | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 25 | 16 |
| 1907 | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 13 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 48 | 27 |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 67 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .164 | 196 | 77 |
| 1909 | Detroit Tigers | 42 | 115 | 22 | – | 13 | 1 | .191 | 292 | 90 |
| 1910 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 82 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .134 | 225 | 66 |
| 1911 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 83 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .265 | 231 | 88 |
| 1912 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 115 | 19 | 2 | 10 | – | .165 | 285 | 89 |
| 1913 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 92 | 26 | 1 | 13 | – | .283 | 240 | 62 |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Terriers | 28 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 9 | – | .234 | 174 | 68 |
| 1915 | St. Louis Terriers | 17 | 15 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .200 | 52 | 19 |